| demonfox13 said: FUCK! I lost my Diablos card ...AGAIN, and trying to get it back I just lost my Ifrit Card. Sigh, now another half hour worth to get them back. But back on topic, yes, I would partially consider the Zelda franchise "milked" but not to the full definition. I do find it funny that people can't accept how much the Mario franchise has gotten milked since the beginning. And to that other guy, NO that silly example you gave about Kratos being in Soul Calibur. Notice I didn't mention at all SSBB, because I don't consider it as part of the Mario franchise to the full definition as it's a crossover of many different games including MGS, Metroid, Zelda, etc. Anyways, back to getting my cards. |
I really don't understand what your point is.
The core Mario series has been in existence for 25 years and it's been universally recognised as one of the best, and it's certainly still a massive event when a new one comes out - note how surprised people are that Nintendo for the first time since the NES are releasing a sequel to the series on one console.
There have also been numerous off-shoots that have turned into highly successful series in their own right, sometimes by Nintendo and sometimes by other companies - such as Mario Kart, the 3 different RPG series (RPG, Paper and Mario & Luigi), Dr. Mario, Smash Bros, Mario Party.
There are also lesser recognised series such as Mario Tennis and Mario Golf, and one-offs like the great Mario Paint.
I guess I could understand what you mean when you say 'milked' if the series were suffering a decline in quality because so many titles were being chucked out with little or no demand for them or that they were becoming low grade, but people WANT new installments of the core series, they want a Mario Kart and Smash Bros update on a new system, they want more from the RPG series. These series are very popular.
Listing all the games that feature Mario from different series only demonstrates how popular and consistent these series are, it certainly doesn't justify an argument that the franchise is getting 'milked.'
